Defeat - Défaite (The 2680th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Defeat is Défaite. This word often comes up when talking about society. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2680th most common word in French. It can be used as noun. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

en English: defeat

fr French: défaite

Examples

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Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier. La victoire, comme la défaite, fait partie du quotidien du soldat.
He didn't acknowledge defeat. Il n’a pas admis la défaite.
Grant refused to accept defeat. Grant a refusé d'admettre sa défaite.
Rumors of defeat were circulating. Des rumeurs circulaient à propos d'une défaite.
He admitted his defeat. Il admit sa défaite.
The defeat completely crushed him. La défaite l'a complètement abattu.
Marie admitted defeat. Marie a admis sa défaite.
He admitted defeat. Il admit sa défaite.

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Defeat - Défaite (The 2680th Most Common French Word)
No one was prepared for defeat. Personne n'était préparé à une défaite de l'équipe russe.
You're not accustomed to defeat. Vous n'êtes pas habitué à la défaite.
The defeat destroyed Shah Ismail's belief in his invincibility and his divine status. La défaite détruit la croyance en l'invincibilité de Shah Ismail et en son statut divin.
Neither side can accept a defeat, and that is a very worrying trend, as Special Envoy Eliasson said, if we want to gradually lower the level of violence. Aucune des parties ne peut accepter de défaite et c'est là une tendance très préoccupante, comme l'a dit l'Envoyé spécial, M. Eliasson, si nous voulons réduire progressivement le niveau de violence.
Gorbachev, as Soviet military leaders will surely not accept a defeat in war with grace. Gorbatchev, car les chefs militaires soviétiques n'accepteraient certainement pas de gaieté de cœur une défaite dans la guerre.
I think Trump and the Republican party will never accept a defeat in the 2020 election. Je pense que Trump et le parti républicain n'accepteront jamais une défaite aux élections de 2020.
They did not accept a political defeat but rather converted to fight Socialism on the side of the counter-revolution. Ils ne voulaient pas accepter une défaite politique et passèrent du combat contre le socialisme à la contre-révolution.
He accepts defeat as a defeat; he does not try to change it into a victory or an experience. Il accepte la défaite comme telle, et il ne tente pas de la transformer en victoire ou en expérience.
Simon does not accept his defeat against a foreign engraver. Simon n'accepte pas sa défaite face à un graveur étranger.
At the end of these weeks of fierce fighting, Baku won a military victory, Moscow imposed its leadership in the region, Ankara made its appearance in this conflict zone while Yerevan was forced to accept a military defeat. A l'issue de ces semaines de combats féroces, Bakou remportait une victoire militaire, Moscou imposait son leadership dans la région, Ankara faisait son apparition dans cette zone conflictuelle alors qu'Erevan signait une défaite militaire.
But due to being too passive and an inability to force the last fight, despite their 15k gold lead, forced Roccat to accept defeat in a match that they should have won by miles. Mais une trop grande passivité et une incapacité à forcer le dernier fight, malgré leurs 15k golds d'avance, va forcer les Roccat à concéder une défaite dans un match qu'ils auraient dû largement remporter.
To say "OK, the Israelis won" and to accept this as a final defeat would be unwise. Dire « OK, les Israéliens ont gagné » et accepter cela comme une défaite finale serait imprudent.
We have no choice but to accept defeat. Nous n'avons pas d'autre choix que d'accepter la défaite.

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